order Charadriiformes

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order Charadriiformes - large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life

Charadriiformes

animal order - the order of animals

Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds

Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

Limicolae, suborder Limicolae - term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii

genus Haematopus, Haematopus - oystercatchers

coastal diving bird - gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family

suborder Lari, Lari - gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers

Alcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.

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Alcidae Aves Charadrii Charadriiformes class Aves coastal diving bird family Alcidae genus Haematopus Haematopus lari Limicolae suborder Charadrii suborder Lari suborder Limicolae			Komar and Clark (2) suggested that bird species in the order Charadriiformes, such as shorebirds and terns, are candidates for carrying WNV from North America to South America due to long lasting high-level viremias, occasional persistent infectious viral loads in skin, and direct, long-distance flights. West Nile virus in birds, Argentina by Diaz, Luis Adrian; Komar, Nicholas; Visintin, Andres; Juri, Maria Julia Dantur; Stein, Marina; Allen / Emerging Infectious Diseases grus (Linnaeus), common crane I R Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds, gulls, auks, and allies) Family Charadriidae (plovers) Charadrius alexandrinus I R Linnaeus, snowy plover C. Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			order Araneae order Araneida order Aristolochiales order arms order Artiodactyla order Aspergillales order Auriculariales order Batoidei order Batrachia order Belemnoidea order Bennettitales order Berycomorphi order Blastocladiales order book order Branchiura order Bryales order Campanulales order Caprimulgiformes order Carnivora order Caryophyllales order Casuariiformes order Casuarinales order Caudata order Cestida order Cetacea order Charadriiformes order Charales order Chelonethida order Chelonia order Chiroptera order Chlorococcales order Chytridiales order Ciconiiformes order Cilioflagellata order Coccidia order code order Coleoptera order Collembola order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales order Corrodentia order Crocodilia order Crocodylia order Cuculiformes order Cycadales			order Berycomorphi order Blastocladiales order book Order Book Management System Order Book Official Order Book Officials Order Book to Turnover Order Book Trading Static Monitoring Order Book Value order books order Branchiura order Bryales Order by Description order by law order Campanulales order Caprimulgiformes order Carnivora order Caryophyllales order Casuariiformes order Casuarinales order Caudata order Cestida order Cetacea Order Change Management order Charadriiformes order Charales order Chelonethida order Chelonia order Chiroptera order Chlorococcales order Chytridiales order Ciconiiformes order Cilioflagellata order Coccidia order code Order Code Processor Order Code Processor order Coleoptera order Collembola order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales Order Communication System Order Configuration and Distribution order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida Order Control System order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales

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